Confidential company, Engineering
Software Engineer, Backend at well-funded generative AI startup
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Compensation
- $225k-$275k + Equity
Join a well-funded generative AI startup in San Francisco as a Backend Engineer and architect the systems powering the future of creative media. You will build high-scale infrastructure for video generation and reinforcement learning workflows, working alongside a world-class team of industry veterans.
This role offers the chance to own mission-critical distributed systems and transform advanced AI research into production-ready products used by global brands.
If you have 5+ years of Python expertise and thrive in high-ownership environments, this is a unique opportunity to shape a revolutionary platform. Enjoy a competitive salary up to $275k plus equity while building the next generation of content tools.
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Role overview
You will architect and scale backend systems powering a next-generation generative media platform. This role involves building robust video generation workflows, reinforcement learning infrastructure, and real-time data pipelines. Working alongside research and design teams, you will transform advanced model capabilities into production-ready features while ensuring high reliability and observability across distributed systems.
About the company
Well-funded generative AI startup
What you will do
- Design and develop scalable backend APIs and asynchronous workflows to support complex generative media processes and real-time pipelines.
- Build and maintain reinforcement learning and agentic infrastructure that enables seamless interaction between model outputs and user requirements.
- Implement automated testing, performance benchmarking, and end-to-end observability to ensure the reliability of mission-critical production systems.
Who this is a fit for
- Has at least 5 years of professional backend engineering experience with Python and deep expertise in distributed systems.
- Demonstrates production proficiency with AWS services, FastAPI, Docker, and building modern CI/CD pipelines for high-traffic environments.
- Thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced startup settings and takes full ownership of technical projects from ideation through to deployment.
Why this role is remarkable
- Own the core infrastructure behind a platform revolutionizing how professional media and creative content are produced globally.
- Join an elite team of senior engineers and researchers from top-tier technology firms at a well-funded, early-stage venture.
- Work at the intersection of generative AI and consumer products, solving complex challenges in distributed systems and large-scale rendering.
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